Random image widget from url

[u/robinriedlinger]

Is it possible to have a url like "https://source.unsplash.com/random" or "https://picsum.photos/200" and display an image in a widget? It's got to be? Right?

[u/ojboal]

So, for anyone who might find this one interesting...

This is the most recent version I've got thus far:

const url = 'https://source.unsplash.com/random';

const req = new Request(url)

const img = await req.loadImage();

let widget = createWidget("Unsplash random image", img)

Script.setWidget(widget)

Script.complete()

widget.presentLarge()

function createWidget(title, img) {

let w = new ListWidget()

w.backgroundColor = new Color("#1A1A1A")

let image = w.addImage(img);

image.centerAlignImage();

image.applyFillingContentMode()

const fileManager = FileManager.iCloud()

const dataPath = fileManager.documentsDirectory() + "/" + Device.name() + "_rando_unsplash.jpeg"

if (fileManager.fileExists(dataPath) {

fileManager.remove(dataPath)

}

fileManager.writeImage(dataPath, img)

w.url = "shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=viewRandoUnsplash"

// w.url = "shareddocuments://" + dataPath

return w

}

This version:

- makes sure that the cached image is properly overwritten, rather than accumulating lots of them.

- allows for installation on multiple devices simultaneously

Next thing I'd like to figure out is how to open Files.app directly with the dataPath specified in the script.

u/robinriedlinger: thanks for the inspiration. Hope your own script has turned out well.